I watched the Daily Show and Colbert Report tonight, filmed at 5PM in the midst of the New Hampshire brouhaha, and in light of the results we've now seen, I was cringing at the sheer arrogance of the pundits Stewart summarized and the blogger Colbert interviewed. "I don't think she was sincere," this Salon guy said, talking about one of the stupid things we were riled up about just hours ago. I was cringing not just because their arrogance had come into sheer contrast with reality, but because they had fooled me into going along with it, and all the shame was squarely on my shoulders.
Like so many other people, I'm beginning to feel fed up with the echo chamber. And I have abnormally high tolerance. I have watched every debate, Republican and Democratic, in the past year, and suddenly I am utterly fed up. It's only a week after the first actual election and already the high-pitched punditry has reached levels I've never seen before. It's taken a tough hit for me to realize how terrible it is, but it was a well-needed hit. It's only going to get worse from here on in, so it's time to get serious.
What's happened to politics in this country?
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